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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • adamu_att01@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "adamu attaha4" <adamu_attaha4@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 05:00:21 +0000
Subject: TREAT AS URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL.

FROM, THE DESK OF MR ADAMU ATTAHA
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK,
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO.

Dear Friend,

I am the manager bill and exchange of the foreign remittance department,
African Development Bank Burkina, I am trusting this transaction to you,
that you will handle it with sincerity and without any problems. In my
department file, I discovered an abandoned sum of US
$15.5m(Fifteen million, five hundred thousand US Dollars) in an account,
belonging to
one of our bank’s foreign customer who died along with his family in a
plane crash.

Since I got information about his death, I have done a lot of
investigations and verifications to confirm if anyone such as a next of kin
or relative of the deceased has called to claim the inheritance fund.
These is because, the bank cannot release it to anyone, unless somebody
applies for the fund as next of kin or relative to the deceased as it is
indicated in our banking laws and guidelines. Fortunately, if I should say,
I have fully confirmed that, no one has come up to claim the fund and I
have spent a lot of money into getting this vital information’s and
classified details secretly, about the deceased customer and the said
inheritance fund. It is therefore upon this discovery that I have decided to
make this Business proposal to you as a foreigner, for you to assist and
stand as the next of kin or a relation(best convenient for you), to the
deceased
person and subsequent disbursement will be made into your designated
account, since nobody is coming to claim the inheritance fund and this
money must not go into the bank’s treasury as unclaimed bill, the banking
law and guideline of “ARTICLE A section ABD/O11 of 1991, stipulates that,
if such account is found dormant for the banking period of eight (8)years,
such fund will be
automatically transferred and deposited in the bank’s treasury as Unclaimed
fund.

The request of a foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by
the fact that, the customer is a foreigner, a Burkinabe, cannot stand as a
next of kin to a foreigner’s assets, unless there must be a link. It is
more convincing when a foreigner stands in. Also, considering the demands
of the bank, and my inability to cope with the fees to process the account
and
activate the fund for further access to the account. I arrange that 30% of
this money will be for you as my foreign partner in respect to applying to
the bank as the next of kin. 10% will be set
aside for expenses incurred during the transaction, handled by you
courteously and highly secretive and 60% will be for me, in the sense that,
I will visit your country for residing and investment purposes for a
brighter and prosperous future. Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer
and crediting of your account with this fund, you have to apply first to
the bank as relative or next of kin to the deceased customer. Upon receipt
of your reply, I will send to you by fax or e-mail a suitable text of the
application letter. I will not also, fail to bring to your notice that this
transaction is hitch free and you do not need to entertain any fear as all
possible loop-holes from where there might be a problem, has been taken
care of, I believe, by the Merciful Grace of God.
You should contact me immediately you receive my letter through my
telephone
or e-mail. Waiting on your assistance.

Yours faithfully,

ADAMU ATTAHA.

...........................................................................................................................................
DU BUREAU DE Mr.adamu Attah
ADB(BANQUE AFRICAINE DE DEVE-LOPPEMENT)
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO.

Je suis le directeur du bureau de changes à la ADB-burkina.Je m'appelle Dr
Hassan_bello . Dans mon département,il a été découvert une importante somme
d'argent qui appartenait à un de nos clients qui mourut lors d'un accident
d'avion en juillet 2000 avec sa famille entière ne laissant personne pour
réclamer cette fortune qui s'élève à $15.5 M USD(américains).Vous pouvez
avoir plus d'informations de cet accident sur ce site
web:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm



Depuis lors,personne ne s'est présenté pour réclamer cette somme qui se
trouve dans notre banque.Or,les règlements bancaires en Afrique stipulent
que, si une telle somme reste sans revendication après une période de
5ans,ceci doit etre virée dans dans le compte de trésor bancaire.C'est afin
d'éviter que ce fond profite au gouvernement burkinabè que mon collègue et
moi avons décidé de chercher un partenaire étranger qui peu nous aider à
faire transférer cette somme dans son compte bancaire.Ceci dit,vous devrez
vous présenter au niveau de la banque comme héritier du défunt afin de
devenir bénéficiaire de ce fond.Le choix d'un étranger pour jouer ce role
révèle du fait qu'un burkinabè ne peut pas se présenter comme héritier(e)de
notre défunt client Nous acceptons que vous aurez les 30% du partage,mon
collègue et moi aurons les 60% alors que 10% seront consacrés aux dépenses
survenues lors du tansfert.



Une fois ce fond transféré,mon collègue et moi viendrons sur place chez vous
en vue du partage,conformement aux pourcentages sus-indiqués.Ainsi vous
devez me donner toutes vos coordonées,ce qui me permetra de mieux vous
connaitre et de vous envoyer le texte d'application(demande de transfert).Je
vous rassure que ce business est à 100%sans risque et que vous ne devrez
mettre en vous aucun atome de crainte. Veuillez croire cher
monsieur,l'expresssion de mes considérations.veuillez me repondre par le
email suivant: (adamu_att01@yahoo.com)
distinguée.
Merci .
Mr.Adamu Attah

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